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Jacob Rockowitz: Clauding at Symfony within Drupal
Dreaming about Claude CodeI lost sleep last night, dreaming about Claude Code. The night before, I was working too late and too hard on a coding problem, and I ended up dreaming about it and circling the solution. I was ruminating on how Claude Code fits into my development workflow. In my dream, I kept circling back to the question of how to code Drupal using AI.I want to emphasize that I had a dream, not a nightmare. The dream was triggered by spending an entire day clauding at Symfony, more generally using Claude Code to improve my understanding of Symfony and how it is used in Drupal.Improving my understanding of Symfony within DrupalFirst and foremost, I see AI as a powerful tool, not a replacement for developers. AI is a disruptor affecting both junior and senior developers, requiring them to learn to use AI to develop and maintain software applications. An AI tidal wave is underway, and we need to get ahead of it rather than ignore it.My long-term goal is to bring AI into my Drupal development workflow, yet I like circling around big challenges and seeking a learning task that is somewhat Drupal-adjacent. There are two Symfony-related issues/tasks on Drupal.org that I want to understand and maybe help resolve.The first one is really simple. The latest version of Drupal CMS and, in turn, the AI Agents module can't generate content types. i.e., "create an Event content...
https://www.jrockowitz.com/blo
#! code: DrupalCamp England 2026
The weekend of 28th February to the 1st March saw the second DrupalCamp England event with around 100 people attending the University of Salford, not far from Manchester, for the two day event.I had submitted a talk and the camp organisers had accepted it and also decided to make me a featured speaker, which was an incredible honour. As such I was part of the communications being sent out in the weeks before the event.Since this is more or less a local event for me I decided to travel in on both days rather than get a hotel or anything. The rain and wind of the previous week had abated and the Saturday morning saw some of the warmest (and driest) weather we had seen in the north west for a few months.SaturdayThe keynote on Saturday morning was The Augmented Future: Winning with AI with Dr. Phininder Balaghan, founder of Traversally. This was an look through the current state of AI, which Dr. Balaghan said changes every time he gives the talk.Most companies these days have adopted an agile methodology, which has taken about 20 years to become widespread. Since the introduction of LLM AI systems a few years ago we have seen massive adoption across all industries.Dr. Balaghan joked that we have reached the age of AI-gile, the new agile methodology.At the moment we are using a collection of LLM agents that work together in a so-called "agentic" system to provide a coherent service...
https://www.hashbangcode.com/a
Gábor Hojtsy: My experiment in bringing Drupal Module Upgrader back from the dead in less than 24 hours
My experiment in bringing Drupal Module Upgrader back from the dead in less than 24 hours Drupal Module Upgrader (DMU) was created by Angie Byron and Adam Hoenich way back in 2014 at Acquia to help folks upgrade custom Drupal 7 modules to modern Drupal. It was magic. Cameron Zemek at PreviousNext built the crucial underlying library, Pharborist, which abstracted PHP manipulation into a generic dependency. Many relied on DMU to upgrade custom code, and it was even updated for Drupal 9; however, keeping it current over time proved challenging.
Gábor Hojtsy
Sat, 03/07/2026 - 09:13
https://www.hojtsy.hu/blog/202
The Drop Times: Managing Multisite Configuration with Config Split at DrupalCon Chicago 2026
Managing multiple Drupal sites from a single codebase can deliver significant efficiencies, but configuration management quickly becomes complex as sites, features, and environments diverge. In his upcoming DrupalCon Chicago 2026 session, Jordan Thompson will demonstrate how Config Split can be used to structure multisite configuration in a predictable and maintainable way. The talk presents practical patterns, reusable templates, and workflow techniques designed to simplify configuration management across large Drupal multisite deployments.
https://www.thedroptimes.com/6
The Drop Times: AI, Drupal CMS, and Developer Tooling Dominate Drupal Dev Days 2026 Programme
The full programme for Drupal Developer Days 2026 shows how the Drupal ecosystem is responding to major shifts in modern web development. Artificial intelligence features prominently across multiple sessions, alongside discussions about Drupal CMS architecture, developer tooling, and evolving community practices. Together, the sessions suggest a community exploring how Drupal adapts to AI-assisted development while continuing to modernise its technical foundations.
https://www.thedroptimes.com/6
UI Suite Initiative website: Announcement – Display Builder 1.0.0-beta3 is out!
Hot on the heels of beta 2, we are happy to announce the release of Display Builder 1.0.0-beta3! This new release focuses on stability, with a solid round of bug fixes, but also ships meaningful new features.
https://uisuite.net/announceme
Drupal Mountain Camp: Join Us for Drupal Mountain Camp 2027
Join Us for Drupal Mountain Camp 2027 admin
Fri, 03/06/2026 - 13:09 We are happy to announce that Drupal Mountain Camp is coming back for its 6th edition on March 2-4, 2027, in Davos, Switzerland.
Since 2017, we have been gathering at Davos Congress in the Swiss Alps for sessions, workshops, and contribution sprints that bring the Drupal community together. Developers, designers, project managers, agency leaders, and anyone passionate about open source - everyone has a place here.
The venue offers professional conference infrastructure, reliable connectivity, and an inspiring alpine setting. Davos is a 2-hour scenic train ride from Zurich airport through the Swiss Alps.
As with every edition, Drupal Mountain Camp is more than a conference. Expect skiing, snowboarding, fondue in the mountains, and social activities that bring the community closer together.
Calls for speakers and sponsors will be announced as planning progresses.
Stay up to date and plan ahead: Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest updates Follow us on Mastodon, Instagram, Bluesky, and LinkedIn Plan your journey with our Sustainable Travel Guide to Davos
We look forward to seeing you in Davos.
https://drupalmountaincamp.ch/
Electric Citizen: Supporting Access to Immigration Legal Help in Minnesota
When people face urgent legal questions, finding trustworthy information quickly matters.Recently, Electric Citizen partnered with LawHelpMN.org to help launch a new landing page that gathers key immigration resources in one place: www.lawhelpmn.org/immigration-legal-helpThe page was created in response to Operation Metro Surge, a controversial immigration enforcement effort that has created significant disruption and uncertainty for many Minnesota communities. The goal was to provide a clear starting point where people can quickly understand their rights and find trusted legal help.
https://electriccitizen.com/re
Debug Academy: Accelerating Drupal Core development
Accelerating Drupal Core development A LinkedIn post (by Jay Callicott) made the case that Drupal core development needs to accelerate to meet modern (AI-driven) expectations, and adopting AI-DLC is the way to get there.
"Hot take [..] Drupal Core team needs to adopt AI-DLC [..] (as defined by AWS). AI does the code writing you are doing the orchestration. Who is with me??"
Increasing the velocity of evolving Drupal is a valid and worthwhile goal. The community had already identified the speed of Drupal Core development as an issue. Their solution was to move more quickly outside of Drupal core, in a (non-core) version of Drupal named "Drupal CMS". ashrafabed
Thu, 03/05/2026
https://debugacademy.com/artic
Markdown, llms.txt and AI crawlers
In January, I made every page on my site available as Markdown. Immediately AI crawlers quickly found the Markdown versions. I was excited, but excitement isn't data. Now that the dust has settled, I pulled a month of Cloudflare logs and analyzed them.
I compared how much AI bots crawl my site to how often AI answer engines link back. For every citation they sent, their crawlers had fetched 1,241 pages. That is a lot of reading for very little traffic in return. It is the deal AI is offering creators right now, and it is not a good one.
People also asked whether serving Markdown reduced my bot traffic since the files are smaller. It does not. Bots fetch both versions, and my crawler traffic increased by about 7%. Offering a lighter format does not replace the heavier one. It simply gives bots more to crawl.
As the table below shows, several AI companies crawl my site. Some fetch thousands of pages each month, but very few request the Markdown versions. BotVendorTotalHTML files.md filesContent Neg% .md AmazonbotAmazon16,87215,0321,840010.9% ChatGPT-UserOpenAI13,86413,856800.1% Meta AIMeta9,0118,52648505.4% ClaudeBotAnthropic7,1446,99514902.1% OAI-SearchBotOpenAI5,7224,4221,300022.7% GPTBotOpenAI3,3852,2081,177034.8% BytespiderByteDance1,1901,190000.0% CCBotCommonCrawl530530000.0% PerplexityBotPerplexity467466100.2% Claude-UserAnthropic9487707...
https://dri.es/markdown-llms-t
Dripyard Premium Drupal Themes: Dripyard at DrupalCon Chicago
DrupalCon Chicago is going to be huge for Dripyard! We have one training, three presentations, one site template session, 400 stickers, and a very limited supply of beanies to give away!
https://dripyard.com/blog/drip
The Drop Times: Mike Herchel Previews DrupalCon Chicago Sessions on Theming, Contributions, and Drupal CMS
The DropTimes contacted Drupal contributor Mike Herchel ahead of DrupalCon Chicago to discuss the sessions he will present during the conference week. His responses outline a full-day training on modern Drupal theming, a session on contributing to Drupal projects with Matt Glaman, and participation in a keynote highlighting ongoing work around Drupal CMS and the ecosystem emerging around it.
https://www.thedroptimes.com/6
ImageX: Accessibility and SEO in Drupal: Working Better Together
Implementing accessibility best practices on your Drupal website and taking care of search engine optimization may seem like separate priorities. In reality, they are more closely intertwined than you might expect.
https://imagexmedia.com/blog/a
DDEV Blog: DDEV v1.25.1 Docker Buildx Requirement
DDEV v1.25.1 introduced validation that checks for Docker Buildx, and you may encounter an error when running ddev start if your system isn't configured correctly. This post explains why this dependency exists, who's affected, and how to resolve it. Note that DDEV v1.25.2 will bundle a private Docker Buildx to eliminate this configuration requirement.
Table of Contents
Who's Affected
Most users won't need to do anything. Docker Desktop, OrbStack, and Rancher Desktop bundle Docker Buildx automatically.
You may need to take action if you're using:
macOS with Lima or Colima - requires manual installation via Homebrew
Ubuntu or Debian with Docker from Ubuntu/Debian repositories instead of Docker's repositories - older versions don't meet requirements
NixOS - requires package update
If you're running Docker Desktop, OrbStack, or Rancher Desktop, you can skip this article.
The Error
When running ddev start on DDEV v1.25.1 without a compatible Buildx version, you'll see:
$ ddev start
Docker buildx check failed: compose build requires buildx 0.17.0 or later: docker CLI plugin "buildx" not found.
Please install buildx: https://github.com/docker/buildx#installing
Or if Buildx is installed but doesn't match the required version:
$ ddev start
Docker buildx check failed: compose build requires buildx 0.17.0 or later.
Installed docker...
https://ddev.com/blog/docker-b
UI Suite Initiative website: Video series - #01 Display Builder page layouts feature walkthrough
Build beautiful Drupal page layouts without writing a line of TWIG and CSSIf you've ever wished Drupal's block-based layout system came with a more visual, component-driven experience, the new Display Builder module is exactly what you've been waiting for.In this first video of the Display Builder series, Pierre walks through the Page Layouts feature, showing how fast you can build a fully styled, published page layout — no custom code required.
https://uisuite.net/video-seri
Tag1 Insights: When Good Links Go Bad: How AI Cut Link Verification in Drupal’s Metatag Module from Hours to Minutes
Take Away
At Tag1, we believe in proving AI within our own work before recommending it to clients. This post is part of our AI Applied content series, where team members share real stories of how they're using AI and the insights and lessons they learn along the way. Here, Sammy Gituko, Software Developer, explores how AI supported improvements to the Metatag module by speeding up the discovery, verification, and replacement of broken documentation links across 30+ plugin files from hours to minutes.
A Small Fix That Wasn’t So Simple
My first contribution to the Drupal Metatag module started with what looked like a simple issue: fixing broken external documentation links. The task was logged as Issue #3559765 Fix broken links in the Meta tags section , and at first, it seemed like a quick cleanup job. But the deeper I looked, the more it revealed about the fragility of open source documentation, and how AI can speed up the repetitive parts of technical contribution work while still requiring careful human judgment.
Broken links may not sound exciting, but they highlight a widespread challenge in open source maintenance. Documentation links age fast. Websites vanish. URL structures change without warning. And because the Metatag module contains dozens of plugin files pointing to different sources,...
https://www.tag1.com/blog/link
